AADHAAR RELATED ARTICLES: 13158 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 30th March 2018

In 2009, I became extremely concerned with the concept of Unique Identity for various reasons. Connected with many like minded highly educated people who were all concerned.

On 18th May 2010, I started this Blog to capture anything and everything I came across on the topic. This blog with its million hits is a testament to my concerns about loss of privacy and fear of the ID being misused and possible Criminal activities it could lead to.

In 2017 the Supreme Court of India gave its verdict after one of the longest hearings on any issue. I did my bit and appealed to the Supreme Court Judges too through an On Line Petition.

In 2019 the Aadhaar Legislation has been revised and passed by the two houses of the Parliament of India making it Legal. I am no Legal Eagle so my Opinion carries no weight except with people opposed to the very concept.

In 2019, this Blog now just captures on a Daily Basis list of Articles Published on anything to do with Aadhaar as obtained from Daily Google Searches and nothing more. Cannot burn the midnight candle any longer.

"In Matters of Conscience, the Law of Majority has no place"- Mahatma Gandhi

Ram Krishnaswamy

Sydney, Australia.

Aadhaar

The UIDAI has taken two successive governments in India and the entire world for a ride. It identifies nothing. It is not unique. The entire UID data has never been verified and audited. The UID cannot be used for governance, financial databases or anything. It’s use is the biggest threat to national security since independence. – Anupam Saraph 2018

When I opposed Aadhaar in 2010 , I was called a BJP stooge. In 2016 I am still opposing Aadhaar for the same reasons and I am told I am a Congress die hard. No one wants to see why I oppose Aadhaar as it is too difficult. Plus Aadhaar is FREE so why not get one ? Ram Krishnaswamy

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.-Mahatma Gandhi

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.Mahatma Gandhi

“The invasion of privacy is of no consequence because privacy is not a fundamental right and has no meaning under Article 21. The right to privacy is not a guaranteed under the constitution, because privacy is not a fundamental right.” Article 21 of the Indian constitution refers to the right to life and liberty -Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi

“There is merit in the complaints. You are unwittingly allowing snooping, harassment and commercial exploitation. The information about an individual obtained by the UIDAI while issuing an Aadhaar card shall not be used for any other purpose, save as above, except as may be directed by a court for the purpose of criminal investigation.”-A three judge bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar said in an interim order.

Legal scholar Usha Ramanathan describes UID as an inverse of sunshine laws like the Right to Information. While the RTI makes the state transparent to the citizen, the UID does the inverse: it makes the citizen transparent to the state, she says.

Good idea gone bad
I have written earlier that UID/Aadhaar was a poorly designed, unreliable and expensive solution to the really good idea of providing national identification for over a billion Indians. My petition contends that UID in its current form violates the right to privacy of a citizen, guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. This is because sensitive biometric and demographic information of citizens are with enrolment agencies, registrars and sub-registrars who have no legal liability for any misuse of this data. This petition has opened up the larger discussion on privacy rights for Indians. The current Article 21 interpretation by the Supreme Court was done decades ago, before the advent of internet and today’s technology and all the new privacy challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP Rajya Sabha

“What is Aadhaar? There is enormous confusion. That Aadhaar will identify people who are entitled for subsidy. No. Aadhaar doesn’t determine who is eligible and who isn’t,” Jairam Ramesh

But Aadhaar has been mythologised during the previous government by its creators into some technology super force that will transform governance in a miraculous manner. I even read an article recently that compared Aadhaar to some revolution and quoted a 1930s historian, Will Durant.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha MP

“I know you will say that it is not mandatory. But, it is compulsorily mandatorily voluntary,” Jairam Ramesh, Rajya Saba April 2017.

August 24, 2017: The nine-judge Constitution Bench rules that right to privacy is “intrinsic to life and liberty”and is inherently protected under the various fundamental freedoms enshrined under Part III of the Indian Constitution

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the World; indeed it's the only thing that ever has"

“Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” -Edward Snowden

In the Supreme Court, Meenakshi Arora, one of the senior counsel in the case, compared it to living under a general, perpetual, nation-wide criminal warrant.

Had never thought of it that way, but living in the Aadhaar universe is like living in a prison. All of us are treated like criminals with barely any rights or recourse and gatekeepers have absolute power on you and your life.

Announcing the launch of the # BreakAadhaarChainscampaign, culminating with events in multiple cities on 12th Jan. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard before the Supreme Court hearings start on 17th Jan 2018. In collaboration with @no2uidand@rozi_roti.

UIDAI's security seems to be founded on four time tested pillars of security idiocy

1) Denial

2) Issue fiats and point finger

3) Shoot messenger

4) Bury head in sand.

God Save India

Saturday, March 31, 2018

13158 - Aadhaar Articles Dated 30th March 2018

Deadline For Mandatory Aadhaar Enrolment To Avail Of 'Subsidies, Benefits and Services ...

Live Law

The Centre on Wednesday extended the March 31 deadline for mandatory Aadhaar enrolment for entitlement to 'Subsidies, Benefits and Services' under Section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Deliveries of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act of 2016, to June 30. The Ministry of ...

'Why is PayTM insisting on Aadhaar for proof': Customers ask even as company denies

The News Minute

Indian e-payment and e-commerce platform PayTM denied allegations that it is 'insisting' its customers to provide their Aadhaar card details as proof for Know Your Customer (KYC) authentication. However, several customers have come forward narrating how representatives of the e-commerce brand in ...

Aadhaar security flaw can give access to data without OTP: Ethical hacker

Business Standard

For the second time in the first three months of 2018, the vulnerabilities of the Aadhaar programme–the world's largest biometric database–were exposed when American business technology website ZDnet reported on March 23, 2018, that the personal data of millions of enrolled Indians could be ...

Aadhaar Card Update: Possible To Change Mobile Number, Email ID Via DigiLocker? Find Out Here - NDTV

Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Check Authentication History, Retrieve UID, Get Virtual ID ... - NDTV

Linking Aadhaar with PAN - A Meaningless extension

Bar & Bench

The CBDT has announced that the deadline for linking Aadhaar Card with PAN has been extended to 30.06.2018. This is in ostensible compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, this extension is utterly meaningless as returns have to be filed electronically and the system does ...

Aadhaar-PAN linking deadline extended to June 30: Here's what it means for taxpayers

Economic Times

Aadhaar-PAN linking deadline extended to June 30: Here's what it means for taxpayers. ET Online | Mar 29, 2018, 19:42 ... The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linking to June 30, 2018. This is the fourth extension given by the government for individuals ...

Aadhaar case: UIDAI's documents show CEO's attempts to authenticate failed one out of five times

Firstpost

A report by The Quint, tells us how the document submitted by the Aadhaar CEO indicate how his own attempts at authentication have failed 19 percent of the time. The records submitted include supporting documents, including a record of all the attempts to authenticate his own Aadhaar identity ...

UIDAI, and its CEO, are Yet to Say Anything That Can Help us Trust Them - The Wire

Mar. 31 last date for linking Aadhaar to welfare schemes: SC - Star of Mysore

Cops identify woman who used fake Aadhaar of Urvashi Rautela to book hotel room

Times of India

MUMBAI: Police on Thursday identified a woman who allegedly used a bogus Aadhaar card of actor Urvashi Rautela (24) to book a room online at a five-star hotel in Bandra west on March 27. ... A booking for the room was made online after submitting Urvashi's fake Aadhaar card. "We are making ...

Mumbai model used fake Aadhaar of Urvashi Rautela to stay at 5-star room for four hours - Hindustan Times

Someone Used A Fake Aadhaar Card In Urvashi Rautela's Name To Book Room In 5-Star Hotel - Storypick

SHOCKING! Hate Story 4 actress Urvashi Rautela faces Aadhaar fraud and here are the details - Bollywood Hungama

'I Found A Security Lapse In Aadhaar That Could Allow A Major Chunk Of Information To Be Stolen'

IndiaSpend

Mumbai: For the second time in the first three months of 2018, the vulnerabilities of the Aadhaar programme–the world's largest biometric database–were exposed when American business technology website ZDnet reported on March 23, 2018, that the personal data of millions of enrolled Indians could ...

IT dept: 'No Aadhaar? Go away'

Deccan Herald

Roopa Raganath, an IT professional who went to file her returns, has no Aadhaar card. She had to return without her work getting done. Neither the online system nor the counter would accept her returns without Aadhaar details. "I am told to apply for an Aadhaar now. But I don't believe in that document ...

Centre extends deadline of linking of Aadhaar to June 30

India Legal

The Centre on Wednesday (March 28) extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar to avail of various services, subsidies and benefits under section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, by three months to June 30. The decision came in ...

Tribal citizens denied Aadhaar enrolment in Jiribam district

E-Pao.net

Imphal, March 29 2018: The All Jiribam Tribal Union has expressed dissatisfaction against the district authority Jiribam for imposing certain rules for Aadhaar enrolment, which is against the criteria given by the Government of India, conveyed a press release issued by president of All Jiribam Tribal Union ...

KYC authentication row: Paytm ends Rs 200 cash back offer for Aadhaar number

The New Indian Express

HYDERABAD: Digital payments major Paytm on Thursday took down its Rs 200 cash back offer for customers providing their Aadhaar number for KYC authentication. The move came after Express reported on Wednesday that the offer was available only to customers opting to give their 12-digit unique ...

Now, transgenders can file tax online

Hindustan Times

Many transgender persons have an Aadhaar card with 'transgender' as the gender reflected on the card. However, PAN only accepts 'male' and 'female' during the application procedure. As a result, many in the transgender community have a PAN card with the gender assigned to them at birth, and a ...

Find Out How DigiLocker Will Allow Aadhaar Card Update?

Dailyaddaa (press release)

New Delhi : Under the Digital India initiative, An Aadhaar subscriber can now store his or her Aadhaar card with DigiLocker and to request any changes - such as updation of email ID or mobile number - he or she must visit the nearest Aadhaar enrolment center. According to official DigiLocker website ...